Uzodimma pledges commitment to implementing policies for job creation and economic growth in Imo State

His Excellency Distinguished Senator Hope Uzodimma, the focal-Governor of Nigeria Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones Program (SAPZ), has pledged the commitment of Imo State Government in implementing policies on job creation and Economic growth in the State through the Special Agro-Industrial  Processing Zones(SAPZ) Programme.

Impressed by the huge agricultural potentials in Imo State being harnessed by the Government of shared prosperity, The Federal  government approved the inclusion of the State in the pilot phase of the African Development Bank (AfDB) – Sponsored Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) Program aimed at concentrating agro-processing activities with the state.

The key delegates at the meeting were Dr. Akinwunmi, Nasir el- Rufai (Kaduna), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun) and Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Prof. Doyin Salami, the Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr. Uche Orji, Managing Director the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) and Mr. Farouk Mohammed Gumel, NSIA Chairman.